This year i think im gonna try another one, Its a challenge called 52booksin52weeks i heard about this from my friends on twitter @rakahman and @thecrazyjogger

Its very exciting and i think having a group to encourage and review with will be very interesting. I didnt set my list yet though, but i plan on adding books gradually as the year passes by. I might not be able to read a book per week but maybe read more at some periods or something. anyway im excited i hope i make it inshallah :D

Many children movies were about a kid and the miracle of befriending an animal. A dog as in Lassie, a black horse,,, but the best of them was definitely kieko the whale in free willy! (i find the fact that he has an imdb profile extremely cute)

I’m subscribed to this awesome band on Youtube, Boyce Avenue. And they poste a new video of Will You Be there – Michael Jackson and as soon as i listened to it i got so nostalgic i wanted to cry: I wanna watch Free willy! I want a whaaaale ! I wanna be 6 again :(

Im downloading the movie as we speak and planning a nostalgic movie night with the girls. But before i leave you with the song i want to show you how old Jess is grown.

There are so many ribbons for promoting awareness for health causes, red is for AIDS blue is for colorectal cancer and the most famous is Pink for Breast cancer.

I just finished an Oncology rotation and realized one simple rule about cancer, the earlier detected, the higher rate of cure & survival. Woman shouldn’t be ashamed nor afraid to visit the clinics, It literally saves lives! I recommend signing up at Abdulatif cancer screening center for free routine checkups. It’s amazing what these people are doing.!

4 months ago i saw someone on TV talking about this Sultan bin Abzulaziz organization trying to break the world record for the largest human pink ribbon in Jeddah, I was so excited to participate but got busy and forgot about it. And now I’m happy to tell you they did it:D

So thank you Sultan Bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud Foundation, Zahra association and to all the girls who participated. You made a difference and certainly made us proud :D

Today was one of those days when i thought i couldnt achieve anything, and with prefect timing Malak my friend sent me this great article about going through life acting like a kid, i looved it. The steps he mentioned seem so simple, applicable and effective.

I always wonder way is the western world so festive about their holidays compared to us. As kids, our eid was all about wearing new clothes and collecting “3eedya” – money treats – and at the end of the day me and my cousins would all go to Toy Town and play there. happy times :D

This is a very cute ad from NBK about “3eedyas”

Now that we’re all grown up, frankly new clothes and family gatherings arent cheerful enough. its just like any other family gatherings except that we say “Eid mobarak” and thats it. and it really bugs me! We have only two Islamic eids and they are nothing to look forward too.

So i have an attempt this year. I decided to start new happy traditions. You know, something to look forward too. First we’re gonna wake up early at 6 am and go to the mosque for Eid prayer (this is gonna be very hard since our Ramadan sleeping pattern is messed up)

Second im gonna get a big festive breakfast: doughnuts, pancakes, arabic coffee and maamoul. This should be nice after a month of fasting.

Ramadan Mubarak! May allah accept our fasting and prayers and grant us his mercy :) (i translated a doaa i hope it makes sense :p)

Ramadan is so full of traditions. Traditional Ramadany foods like vimto, harees, lgeemat, samboosa, mahalbya and the list goes on. Family gatherings and of course the boring Tv shows.

My absolute fav tradition is gergaiaan, it takes place on Ramadan 15th a full moon night. Kids used to knock on doors of their neighborhood sing the song and get a reward mixture of candy and nuts. Of course its not safe anymore to do that, So my childhood’s gergaian took place in my grandma’s house we used to wear traditional saudi thobes and head covers “bokhnag” and Mama 7ajya -my grandma- used to throw candy on us and we compete on collecting the most. aaah nostalgia!

Mama 7ajya died just before Ramadan 6 years ago and the tradition died with her :( words cannot describe how much i miss her, i still pray for her in every prayer and Ask god to gather us together in his heavens inshalla